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Oliver Stone, Benicio del Toro visit Puerto Rico
Benicio Del Toro didn't wait long to collect on a favor that Oliver Stone owed him for working extra hours on the set of his most recent movie, ...
Sony introduces ultra-high-definition video player
"The Amazing Spiderman," ''Taxi Driver" and "The Karate Kid" are getting some real resolution. The new, restored and rebooted films from Sony Pictures ...
Clint Eastwood's daughter named Miss Golden Globe
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named its newest Miss Golden Globe. Francesca Eastwood was introduced as the 2013 honoree Thursday at ...
Football fans get a close-up in 'Silver Linings'
In David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," Bradley Cooper plays an unstable former teacher trying to improve himself after exiting a mental ...
MacFarlane surprises UCLA class, announces contest
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is inviting college students to join him on stage at the Academy Awards. The "Family Guy" creator made a surprise ...
Producer sues Pythons over 'Spamalot' royalties
It's no joking matter. A producer of the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is suing the British comedy troupe over royalties from the hit stage ...
Stuntman, documentarian among early Oscar winners
The honorary Oscar winners at the 4th annual Governors Awards include a stuntman who broke 56 bones during his performing career, a documentarian who ...
Johnson pitches London as Bollwood partner
The mayor of London has announced that two Indian films will be shot in his city next year as part of a bid to bring Bollywood to the British capital.
Thousands still flock to NC "Hunger Games" forest
Thousands of people are still coming to visit the western North Carolina forest where the movie "The Hunger Games" was filmed. The Times-News of ...
Attorney expects Lohan will be cleared in NYC case
Lindsay Lohan was charged Thursday with crimes in New York and Los Angeles, marking her latest setbacks as she tries to revive her career and avoid ...
Attorneys say Halle Berry, ex settle dispute
Attorneys for Halle Berry and her ex-boyfriend have settled court issues that arose after a Thanksgiving Day fight at the actress' home.
Review: 'Collection' a nastily efficient chiller
Not that anyone was exactly clamoring for it, but "The Collection" is a sequel to Marcus Dunstan's little-seen 2009 horror film "The Collector." The ...
Gerard Depardieu caught allegedly driving drunk
French actor Gerard Depardieu was detained Thursday for allegedly driving drunk on his scooter, police said. The 63-year-old actor, who has appeared ...
5 films about the financial crisis you can bank on
"Killing Them Softly" is a stylish and violent dark comedy about low-level gangsters and thugs, set squarely within the U.S. economic collapse of ...
Another Yoda statue, Calif. Star Wars fans may get
Star Wars fans might soon have another Yoda statue in the San Francisco Bay area to visit. Filmmaker George Lucas plans to help build a small park in ...
Superheroes, Bond, hobbits vie for effects Oscar
James Bond, Snow White and a whole lot of hobbits and superheroes are in the running for the visual-effects prize at the Academy Awards. The superhero ...
Child star of 'Beasts' back in bayou
She was just nominated for a Spirit Award for her leading role in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and there's buzz that Golden Globe and Oscar nods ...
In elf ears and wizard hats, 'Hobbit' fans rejoice
Wearing elf ears and wizard hats, sitting atop their dad's shoulders or peering from balconies, tens of thousands of New Zealanders watched their ...
Sundance books record slate of female filmmakers
The Sundance Film Festival has an apparent record lineup of female directors competing for its top honor this January. Half the entries — eight of the ...
Nearing 50, a heightened perspective for Pitt
The face is hardly wrinkled and the long blond locks appear unchanged, but Brad Pitt, who will turn 49 in December, is increasingly preoccupied with ...
'Potter' star Radcliffe heads to Sundance fest
"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe has landed his first entry in the Sundance Film Festival. Radcliffe plays poet Allen Ginsberg in the drama "Kill ...
Capsule reviews of new movie releases
"The Central Park Five" — This documentary takes an emotionally charged subject — the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of five black and Hispanic ...
Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film
An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor, sentencing them to death on ...
'Cuckoo's Nest' filmmaker Forman earns DGA prize
Two-time Academy Award winner Milos Forman is receiving the lifetime-achievement award from his peers at the Directors Guild of America. The filmmaker ...
Review: 'Softly' hammers its message hard
Writer-director Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly" is an incredibly stylish genre exercise set in the world of mobsters, junkies and lowlifes, but ...